MartService
Quick start guide for versions 0.9 and 0.7
Please note the Biomart Community Portal is temporarily unavailable, and therefore the links shown below will not work. However, you can still access BioMart services at any of the BioMart community servers. For more details please click here.
Quick StartExample QuerySave our query example below as query.xml <!DOCTYPE Query><Query client="true" processor="TSV" limit="-1" header="1"><Dataset name="hsapiens_gene_ensembl" config="gene_ensembl_config"><Filter name="chromosome_name" value="1" filter_list=""/><Attribute name="ensembl_gene_id"/><Attribute name="ensembl_transcript_id"/></Dataset></Query>
Run QueryNext, run the command respective of your Biomart service version: v0.9 service curl --data-urlencode query@query.xml http://central.biomart.org/martservice/results
v0.7 service curl --data-urlencode query@query.xml http://www.biomart.org/biomart/martservice?query=
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Creating Alternative QueriesNow that you're up and running you might like to try out different queries. There are 2 ways to do this, you can use our GUI or access our meta data programmatically. We've outlined both methods below: GUIYou can compile different queries using our web GUI Follow the steps outlined by the GUI. After clicking the 'results' button, click the REST/SOAP button and save the query as query.xml. Finally run the query as explained in the Quick Start block, substituting the example query for your new query.xml. Programmatic AccessIf you need programmatic access to all the datasets, fitlers and attributes follow this link links below, respective of your Biomart service version. For more information please refer to our documentation v0.9 service:
v0.7 service:
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